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Monday, February 27, 2012

A few kitchen progress pics. My husband used a sledge hammer to knock down the old tiles as well as the dry wall. It gets pretty dusty & dirty during the demolition. But, we are making progress:

This last pic shows our latest dilemma. We never did like that the microwave was not flush with the bottom of the cabinets. This Samsung microwave is a little bit larger than our old microwave & so the space between it & the range top is too tight. We have decided to move the center cabinet & microwave up & put more crown molding around the cabinet. Here is an example of what it will look like:

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Yawn (as in boring) post today. Have you bought a new microwave lately? We are on the hunt for a new one since our current micro is 22 years old. (Can you believe that?!). I will probably buy one similar to this:

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

I've been wanting to make an update in our kitchen for some time. At first I thought painting the cherry cabinets would brighten things up & give it a fresh look. My husband I've decided instead that we can brighten up the kitchen with new paint on the walls & a new backsplash instead. (A special thanks to Paul for his input. If you haven't checked out his blog before, he has lots of great kitchen design info!). Here's our before:

Friday, February 10, 2012

After checking out some of my favorite blogs the other day, I stumbled on this post & pic about a new sunburst mirror:

How cute is that? And to think it's available at Home Depot. Thanks for the tip & from their website, you can plug in your zip code to see if it is in stock at your local HD. Good for me that it was in stock & off I went. The quality is really nice & worth the price. My oldest daughter has been looking for one to put above her bed & she didn't want to make the same one that I did a few months back. I think I like the Martha version from Home Depot better than mine. :(

Friday, February 3, 2012

A note of thanks to Tonya @ My Cozy Little Farmhouse for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award!! That was so nice of her. I haven't been blogging much lately but hope to get back to it soon & start some projects like painting my kitchen! :)

For this award, I then get to nominate other bloggers. Here are my pics:

If I am going to eat a cookie, it's going to be the Panera Shortbread cookie or one just like it. So here's the easiest best recipe...

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